A plurale tantum (Latin for 'plural only'; pl. pluralia tantum) is a noun that appears only in the plural form and does not have a singular variant for...
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Latin numerals (section Plūrāle tantum numerals)
vectīgal (Justinian) 'an eighth-part tax' Certain nouns in Latin were plurālia tantum, i.e. nouns that were plural but which had a singular meaning, for...
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pluralia tantum always have a gender: Wilfried Kürschner (Grammatisches Kompendium, 6. edition, 2008, p. 121) for example states that German pluralia...
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Diple (pluralia tantum; pronounced [dîple̞], from Greek δῐπλόος lit. 'double, two-fold'), also known as misnjiče, miješnice and mih, is a traditional...
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describing things having two parts, comprises the major group of pluralia tantum in modern English: glasses (a pair of spectacles), pants, panties,...
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for example to mean "some" (and not others), or to mean "one" with pluralia tantum, e.g. jedne drzwi "one door" (drzwi has no singular). After the numerals...
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numerals can be categorized into one of these genders. Exceptions are pluralia tantum (Vianoce – Christmas, though there are rules for deriving the gender)...
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compliant, or easily influenced: people likened to sheep". The word is pluralia tantum, which means it does not have a singular form. While its origins are...
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nouns) only have a singular form (singularia tantum); other nouns only have a plural form (pluralia tantum): Das All, der Durst, der Sand ("the Universe"...
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"furnitures" to describe both members), conversely names plural form are pluralia tantum. However, a partial exception to this is made by the use of vernacular...
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